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Jim McLain
Nancy Vallon
Mal Baxter
Sturak
Madge
Dr. Gelster
Critic Reviews for Big Jim McLain
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Pathetic anti-Communist propaganda film with a snarling John Wayne at his ugliest as a macho windbag special agent for HUAC.
July 28, 2008 | Rating: D | Full Review… -
The name of Wayne's special agent for the HUAAC had the same initials as those of Senator Joseph McCarthy, which was not a coincidence, and Wayne himself believed that his popular propagandistic film helped McCarthy's reelection campaign.
May 27, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Big Jim McLain
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Mar 12, 2010Seeks to glorify the loathsome Joe McCarthy and his venal lot. Wayne was a well known ultra conservative so his presence here is no surprise but that this thing exists at all is a shame.jay n Super Reviewer
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Nov 12, 2008<i>Big Jim McLain</i> features one of John Wayne's best walk-through; he looks a little sheepish, but he's so amiable you forget he's really not in character. The drama at hand is tidied up rather quickly, yet the film is directed with a steady hand and has an easy-going pace. The black-and-white cinematography is quite beautiful, with silvery shots of the tropics in all their '50s splendor.Dean M Super Reviewer
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